Methods and apparatus for intelligent wireless technology selection
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsArun G. Mathias, Matthew S. Klahn, Vikram B. Yerrabommanahalli, Anush Nadathur
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for intelligently selecting and operating one or more air interfaces of a mobile wireless device for e.g., call setup time reduction. In one embodiment, operation of a high speed cellular interface is selectively adjusted or disabled or switched out when not required so as to minimize call setup times by, e.g., using a different cellular interface to receive pages. In one implementation, the wireless device includes a high-speed cellular interface, a lower-speed cellular interface, and a WLAN (e.g., Wi-Fi) interface.
Claims20
A mobile apparatus, comprising:
- a cellular wireless transceiver operable in at least a first mode and a second mode;
- a processor in signal communication with the cellular wireless transceiver;
- and
- computerized logic in communication with the processor and configured to:
- determine an operational state of the processor;
- when the operational state is a first operational state, operate the cellular wireless transceiver in the first mode;
- and
- otherwise, operate the cellular wireless transceiver in the second mode.
A method for intelligently selecting and operating radio access technologies within a mobile device, comprising:
- evaluating a first status of one or more wireless interfaces, where at least one of the one or more wireless interfaces comprises a plurality of operational states;
- evaluating a second status of one or more operational states associated with a processor;
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- based at least in part on the first and second status and a set of operating rules configured to optimize device power consumption, selecting an operational state for the at least one of the one or more wireless interfaces.
A wireless apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of cellular wireless interfaces;
- a communication selection logic, where the communication selection logic is configured to automatically select one of the plurality of cellular wireless interfaces according to a system selection preference;
- a processor;
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- non-transitory computer readable apparatus comprising one or more instructions which are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the wireless apparatus to:
- determine an operational state of the processor;
- when the processor is in a first operational state, set the system selection preference to a first configuration;
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- otherwise, set the system selection preference to a second configuration;
- where the first and second configurations are associated with different user experience characteristics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.